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Y02D—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THIR OWN ENERGY USE

Y02D70/10—Techniques for reducing energy consumption in wireless communication networks according to the Radio Access Technology [RAT]

Abstract

The present invention discloses a kind of battery power saving method of portable type electronic product, and it comprises: detecting system current battery charge; When system current battery charge is lower than low electricity activation threshold value, send a low capacity prompt signal; And according to this low capacity prompt signal, the battery saving mode that user expects is set, the set of this battery saving mode some operational factors relevant to system power consumption of association and/or on off state.The present invention also discloses a kind of battery power saving equipment of portable type electronic product, it arranges device by electric-quantity monitoring device, low capacity prompt device and battery saving mode and forms, when detecting system current battery charge lower than low electricity activation threshold value, send low capacity prompt signal, the battery saving mode that user expects is set accordingly.On this basis, the present invention discloses a kind of mobile terminal utilizing the portable type electronic product of this battery power saving equipment in addition, is conducive to ensureing that user arranges correct battery saving mode in correct, can realize the object of battery power saving thus veritably.

At present, along with developing rapidly of mobile communication technology, mobile phone users not only proposes very high requirement to the function of mobile phone, reliability and operability, and also has more and more higher demand to the human oriented design of mobile phone.This just requires that handset designers must many-sided demand considering user, and service time of battery is exactly the wherein design objective paid close attention to of needs.

Battery is as most mobile phone in routine use process, and the sole source in non-connecting charger situation, has very large impact to the normal use of mobile phone.But be limited by the bottleneck of battery technology development, the electricity of battery of mobile phone is all very limited, mobile phone is caused to continue service time general shorter.Along with the consumption gradually of battery electric quantity is until automatically close, often can cause user cannot normal running mobile phone.In order to not affect the realization of mobile phone basic function, user needs the battery electric quantity often paying close attention to mobile phone, and charges in time when battery electric quantity is lower, to avoid the phenomenon that cannot use mobile phone at material time section internal cause dead battery capability as far as possible.

Undoubtedly, it is unpractical for requiring that user's moment pays close attention to battery electric quantity.In view of this, prior art proposes two class solutions: the basic ideas of a class solution are, when battery electric quantity carries out low capacity prompt lower than during setting threshold, thus reminding user charges in time, increase battery electric quantity by charging, ensure that battery can continued power thus; The basic ideas of another kind of solution are, to limited electricity reasonable employment and the distribution of battery, when detecting battery electric quantity and being not enough, host computer system is made to enter battery saving mode as early as possible, thus reduce system battery electric quantity consumption, extending cell phone service time thus, to reach the object meeting the most important demand of user.

Battery saving mode in a rear class solution is the summation of some system switchings and parameter setting item in fact, thus can be reached the object of power saving by these switches of batch modification or parameter.In other words, in a power-save mode, can, by off state, regulating parameter settings size etc. the measure in help user quickly switch mobile phone, mobile phone be made to realize power saving from hardware and software two aspect.But the power saving effect of this kind of power save scheme still dislikes not enough: on the one hand, user select battery saving mode time often user be concerned about the electric quantity consumption problem of battery, or when perceiving the power resources deficiency of battery, but now battery without how many electricity can be economized mostly; On the other hand, user selects the process of battery saving mode to be initiatively select, but not each user can understand the meaning of switch and optimum configurations under battery saving mode, they may open or close some does not need or the switch of needs, this pattern that user is selected may with truly need the scene used not match (as user when low electricity may need to answer a call, but user may open offline mode), although be provided with battery saving mode thus cannot reach power saving object.

Similar with the service condition of battery of mobile phone, also there are the problems referred to above in other mobile terminals such as panel computer, intelligent game computer, Intelligent navigator, intelligent remote controller, Intelligent set top box, their host computer system all needs battery-powered, along with the consumption gradually of battery electric quantity is until automatically close, make be subject to larger restriction their lasting service time.Although prior art proposes some battery power saving schemes, the demand of user all can not be met completely.Therefore, how to overcome the above-mentioned defect existed in system whole or in part, just become a urgent problem.

According to one aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of battery power saving method of portable type electronic product, it comprises:

Detecting system current battery charge;

When system current battery charge is equal to or less than a low electricity activation threshold value, send a low capacity prompt signal; And

According to this low capacity prompt signal, the battery saving mode that user expects is set, the set of this battery saving mode some operational factors relevant to system power consumption of association and/or on off state.

Wherein, should the set of operational factor relevant to system power consumption and/or on off state to comprise in telephone state, short message state, GPS state, network state, screen intensity, screen time-out one or more.

Under this best battery saving mode, should the set of the operational factor relevant to system power consumption and/or on off state at least arrange telephone state for opening, short message state for opening, network state with user's acquiescence, GPS state for closing, screen intensity be minimum, screen is overtime for the shortest;

Under this super long standby time pattern, should the set of the operational factor relevant to system power consumption and/or on off state at least arrange telephone state for opening, short message state for opening, network state for closing, GPS state for closing, screen intensity be minimum, screen is overtime for the shortest;

Under this limit battery saving mode, should the set of the operational factor relevant to system power consumption and/or on off state at least arrange telephone state for closing, short message state for closing, network state for closing, GPS state for closing, screen intensity be minimum, screen is overtime for the shortest.

Further, this is according to this low capacity prompt signal, arranges in the step of the battery saving mode that user expects, is the battery saving mode that On/Off state arranges user's expectation by setting low electricity automatic power save switch, wherein:

Being set to initiatively select battery saving mode when closing this low electricity automatic power save switch, under this initiatively selects battery saving mode, revising the operational factor relevant to system power consumption and/or on off state by user according to situational context;

Passive selection battery saving mode is set to when opening this low electricity automatic power save switch, under this passive selection battery saving mode, select best battery saving mode, super long standby time pattern or limit battery saving mode by user, afterwards by system according to the default amendment of the user-selected mould-fixed operational factor relevant to system power consumption and/or on off state.

Further, this is according to this low capacity prompt signal, arranges in the step of the battery saving mode that user expects, arranges this low electricity activation threshold value further.

Particularly, in the step of this detecting system current battery charge, by being registered to the battery electric quantity monitoring application program interface of system, detect this system current battery charge.

More specifically, be somebody's turn to do the battery electric quantity monitoring application program interface by being registered to system, the step detecting this system current battery charge specifically comprises the following steps:

Receive the electric quantity change message that this system battery electricity monitoring application program interface provides;

Filter this electric quantity change message; And

Gather this electric quantity change message through filtering and calculate this system current battery charge.

More preferably, in the step of this detecting system current battery charge, when this system current battery charge reaches a low electric-quantity monitoring value, improve the detecting frequency to this system current battery charge.

Alternatively, this system current battery charge represents with the form of percentage, spacer-frame and/or expectation up duration.

More preferably, system reduces all renewal frequencies being activated application after entering into the battery saving mode of user's expectation.

According to a further aspect in the invention, provide a kind of battery power saving equipment of portable type electronic product, it comprises:

Electric-quantity monitoring device, is configured to detecting system current battery charge;

Low capacity prompt device, is configured to judge whether system current battery charge is equal to or less than a low electricity activation threshold value, if so, sends a low capacity prompt signal; And

Battery saving mode arranges device, is configured to according to this low capacity prompt signal, arranges the battery saving mode that user expects, the set of this battery saving mode some operational factors relevant to system power consumption of association and/or on off state.

In addition, according to a further aspect of the invention, additionally provide a kind of mobile terminal of portable type electronic product, it comprises main frame and the battery for host supplying power, adopts above battery power saving equipment in this main frame.

According to the battery power saving method of portable type electronic product of the present invention, equipment and mobile terminal, can when system current battery charge is lower corresponding transmission low capacity prompt signal, thus the battery saving mode that user expects according to this low capacity prompt signal setting can be made, solve user to be thus difficult to accurately grasp the problem arranging battery saving mode opportunity and choose reasonable battery saving mode, achieve and reasonable distribution and use are carried out to battery limited electricity, can service time of battery be extended accordingly, finally meet the beneficial effect of the most important demand of user.Especially, the invention provides the several battery saving mode matched with battery use scenes, when the meaning and arranging that user is unfamiliar with switch or parameter under battery saving mode requires, can certain battery saving mode of providing of selective system simply, can avoid user that problem is improperly set thus, thus finally reach the object of real power saving.

Above-mentioned explanation is only the general introduction of technical solution of the present invention, in order to technological means of the present invention can be better understood, and can be implemented according to the content of specification, and can become apparent, below especially exemplified by the specific embodiment of the present invention to allow above and other objects of the present invention, feature and advantage.

Accompanying drawing explanation

By reading hereafter detailed description of the preferred embodiment, various other advantage and benefit will become cheer and bright for those of ordinary skill in the art.Accompanying drawing only for illustrating the object of preferred implementation, and does not think limitation of the present invention.And in whole accompanying drawing, represent identical parts by identical reference symbol.In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 shows the flow chart of the battery power saving method of portable type electronic product according to an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 2 shows according to an embodiment of the invention, the procedure chart of detecting system current electric quantity in FIG;

Fig. 3 shows according to an embodiment of the invention, be used for the procedure chart of the detecting frequency adjusting detecting system current electric quantity in Fig. 1; And

Fig. 4 shows the structured flowchart of the battery power saving equipment of portable type electronic product according to an embodiment of the invention.

Embodiment

Below with reference to accompanying drawings exemplary embodiment of the present invention is described in more detail.Although show exemplary embodiment of the present invention in accompanying drawing, however should be appreciated that can realize the present invention in a variety of manners and not should limit by the embodiment set forth here.On the contrary, provide these embodiments to be in order to more thoroughly the present invention can be understood, and complete for scope of the present invention can be conveyed to those skilled in the art.

Refer to Fig. 1, it illustrates the flow chart of the battery power saving method of portable type electronic product according to an embodiment of the invention.The basic process of this embodiment is: detecting system current battery charge (as step S110); Judge system current battery charge more whether lower than the low electricity activation threshold value (as step S120) that (referring to be equal to or less than, identical below) one is default herein; If so, then a low capacity prompt signal is sent, so that the battery saving mode (step S130 ~ step S140) expected according to this low capacity prompt signal setting user by system or user; If not, then continue detecting system current battery charge, until when system current battery charge is lower than this low electricity activation threshold value, then battery saving mode is set according to method shown in step S130 ~ step S140.Below further combined with Fig. 1, the battery power saving method of the present embodiment portable type electronic product is described in detail.

The method starts from step S110, and this step 110 is in order to detecting system current battery charge.Here system current battery charge specifically can represent on the formal intuition such as percentage, spacer-frame, expectation up duration ground; Certainly, the mode that the present embodiment also can take above-mentioned various ways to combine carrys out display systems current battery charge, does not repeat them here.

In step s 110, how to carry out detecting system current battery charge, generally monitored by power management chip and control, it calculates battery electric quantity by the cell voltage in detecting battery discharge procedure.Such as, voltage during the full electricity of general cellular li-ion battery is about 4.2V, and discharge cut-off voltage is about 2.7V, therefore only needs to know current battery level when mobile phone uses, just can converse the theoretical residual capacity of battery.

For the mobile terminal such as smart mobile phone, panel computer, their mainstream operation system is Android(Android), ios or Windows, be many with what install Android at present.For the equipment being provided with Android, there is a BatteryManager(battery management function in it), it can send sticky(viscosity) system broadcasts of type, the various information such as current battery electric quantity state, charged state are included in its function return value intent, therefore can monitor module by the battery electric quantity monitoring application program interface registration to system, carry out detecting system current battery charge.

Particularly, can monitor to system service registration, by monitoring the battery electric quantity change message Intent that BatteryManager sends, obtain Level and Scale of current electric quantity, and then can calculate the percentage of current electric quantity, its code sample is as described below:

int level=battery.getIntExtra(BatteryManager.EXTRA_LEVEL,-1);

int scale=battery.getIntExtra(BatteryManager.EXTRA_SCALE,-1);

float batteryPct=level/(float)scale;

Like this, by monitoring module to system registry, the embodiment of the present invention just can detecting system current electric quantity easily.When the dump energy of battery lower than some ranks time, user just can be pointed out to adopt corresponding power saving measure, or prompting user charge in time, avoid the inconvenience brought because of dead battery capability thus.

After detecting system current battery charge, in the step s 120, judge that whether system current battery charge is lower than low electricity activation threshold value.This low electricity activation threshold value can preset, such as, be preset as 15%, 20%, 25% of the total electricity of battery etc., and general selection 15% can meet the needs of most of user.When system current battery charge is lower than the electricity rank that this low electricity activation threshold value is corresponding, by automatically carrying out low capacity prompt, makes user be concerned about battery dump energy without the need to the moment, so just comparing the requirement meeting human oriented design.

After step S120 judges that system current battery charge is lower than low electricity activation threshold value, in step S130, will correspondingly send low capacity prompt signal.The form of this low capacity prompt signal can have multiple: it can be sound, light or vibration signal etc., and by the signal of this easy perception, prompting user takes the measure such as power saving or charging in time; It also can be the signal of telecommunication, and it is as control command, and triggering system itself takes power saving measure, to extend the service time of battery.

Rear a kind of form is mainly referred in the present embodiment, it is as control command, triggering system enters battery saving mode and selects interface, after user have selected some preset battery saving modes, system just can by the definition of this battery saving mode default revise the operational factor relevant to power consumption and/or on off state.

After obtaining low capacity prompt signal according to above-mentioned steps S110 ~ S130, in step S140 place, the battery saving mode that user expects just can be correspondingly set: a kind of mode is for initiatively selecting, namely the battery saving mode of user's expectation is set according to use scenes by user, now revises the relevant operational factor of power consumption and/or on off state by user; Another kind of mode is passive selection, and namely by certain battery saving mode that user's selective system is preset, the operational factor of being correlated with by power consumption by system and/or on off state are revised as the default setting under this battery saving mode.

A kind of mode after mainly adopting in the present embodiment, namely after system sends low capacity prompt signal, system ejects battery saving mode and arranges interface, points out user to select the battery saving mode of certain system intialization thus.These preset battery saving modes can match with battery use scenes better, after user have selected certain battery saving mode, are in fact also just provided with the battery saving mode that user expects.User can select corresponding battery saving mode in this interface, also can arrange above-mentioned low electricity activation threshold value further, as low electricity activation threshold value is adjusted to 20% from 25%, maybe low electricity activation threshold value is adjusted to 20% from 15%, etc.

Above-mentioned battery saving mode is the set of the some operational factors relevant to system power consumption of association and/or on off state, it generally includes but not limited to telephone state, short message state, GPS state, network state, screen intensity, screen time-out etc., by revising or arrange these operational factors in this set or switch, system just can be made to enter into corresponding battery saving mode, extend service time of battery thus, to ensure the primary demand of user.

Above-mentioned battery saving mode is preset in system, and they can match with battery use scenes preferably.For the embodiment of the present invention, it provide at least three kinds of battery saving modes, and they are respectively best battery saving mode, super long standby time pattern and limit battery saving mode, the primary operating parameter under these three kinds of battery saving modes and on off state as shown in table 1:

System operational parameters and on off state under table 1 three kinds of battery saving modes

As shown in Table 1, three kinds of battery saving modes have following characteristics respectively:

Under best battery saving mode, the operational factor relevant to system power consumption and/or the set of on off state at least arrange telephone state for opening, short message state for opening, network state with user's acquiescence, GPS state for closing, screen intensity is that minimum, screen is overtime for the shortest.At this best battery saving mode, phone, note are opened, and network state is given tacit consent to user, because it can meet the major demands of user, thus becomes a kind of modal power down mode.Therefore, if user does not make corresponding selection, system selects this best battery saving mode by default, and namely when low electricity, systemic presupposition one can be answered the call, be sent short messages, but other switch-linear hybrid is all optimum state.

Under super long standby time pattern, the operational factor relevant to system power consumption and/or the set of on off state at least arrange telephone state for opening, short message state for opening, network state for closing, GPS state for closing, screen intensity is that minimum, screen is overtime for the shortest.In this super long standby time pattern, network is closed but is not affected standby, therefore can provide the most basic call and SMS for user.

Under limit battery saving mode, the operational factor relevant to system power consumption and/or the set of on off state at least arrange telephone state for closing, short message state for closing, network state for closing, GPS state for closing, screen intensity is that minimum, screen is overtime for the shortest.Due under limit battery saving mode, can only ensure that system is run, but cannot call, send note etc., therefore general user can only use at special time.

In the present embodiment, can be the battery saving mode that On/Off state arranges user's expectation by setting low electricity automatic power save switch, wherein:

Being set to initiatively select battery saving mode when closing low electricity automatic power save switch, initiatively selecting under battery saving mode, revise the operational factor relevant to system power consumption and/or on off state by user according to situational context;

Passive selection battery saving mode is set to when opening low electricity automatic power save switch, under passive selection battery saving mode, select best battery saving mode, super long standby time pattern or limit battery saving mode by user, afterwards by system according to the default amendment of the user-selected mould-fixed operational factor relevant to system power consumption and/or on off state.

For above-described embodiment, when system current electric quantity is higher than low power threshold, user can select battery saving mode on one's own initiative; When system current electric quantity is lower than low power threshold, then to determine initiatively to select battery saving mode according to the On/Off state of low electricity automatic power save switch, or passive selection battery saving mode.

Usually, giving tacit consent to low electricity automatic power save switch in the embodiment of the present invention is open, and at this moment system sets three kinds of battery saving modes with can helping user default.Now, user only need select one of these three kinds of battery saving modes simply, without the need to arranging the carrying out practically parameter of system or on off state, operating very easy, it also avoid the possibility that setting voluntarily makes mistakes.

But under certain conditions, user may be unwilling the battery power saving scheme of portable type electronic product using the embodiment of the present invention to provide, now user can set low electricity automatic power save switch is closed condition, so just can by the user's initiatively amendment operational factor relevant to system power consumption and/or on off state, Operation system setting is the battery saving mode that user expects the most at last.That is, when low electricity automatic power save switch cuts out, the selection interface of low electricity battery saving mode can not be triggered, user initiatively need select battery saving mode according to the imagination of oneself, namely need independently to revise the operational factor relevant to system power consumption and/or on off state, this non-invention embodiment paid close attention to, and does not repeat them here.After this, if when user thinks again the acquiescence battery saving mode that use system provides, as long as low electricity automatic power save switch is reverted to opening.

Above embodiment is corresponding transmission low capacity prompt signal when system current battery charge is lower, the battery saving mode that user expects according to this low capacity prompt signal setting can be made thus, this is conducive to user and more adequately grasps the battery saving mode opportunity of arranging, select comparatively appropriate battery saving mode, reasonable distribution and use can be carried out thus to battery limited electricity, thus extend service time of battery, finally meet the most important demand of user.In addition, owing to this embodiment offers the several battery saving mode matched with battery use scenes, when the meaning and arranging that user is unfamiliar with switch or parameter under battery saving mode requires, can certain battery saving mode of providing of selective system simply, can avoid user that problem is improperly set thus, thus finally reach the object of real power saving.

As previously mentioned, module can be monitored by registering one to the battery electric quantity monitoring application program interface of system in step S110, detect described system current battery charge.In this case, system can start the electric quantity change message of a background service monitoring system, and message is filtered, corresponding battery saving mode can be set by activated user when being judged to be low electricity, thus equipment when guarantee electricity is low can use the more time.Be described further combined with Fig. 2 below.

See Fig. 2, to it illustrates according to an embodiment of the invention, the procedure chart of detecting system current electric quantity in FIG.In Fig. 2, after monitoring module to the battery electric quantity monitoring application program interface registration of system, detecting system current battery charge detailed process is: first, the electric quantity change message (as step S210) that receiving system battery electric quantity monitoring application program interface provides; Afterwards, electric quantity change message (as step S220) is filtered; Finally, gather the electric quantity change message through filtering and computing system current battery charge (as step S230), the system current battery charge obtained specifically represents with forms such as percentage, spacer-frame and/or expectation up durations, and intuitive is better.

From foregoing description, the prerequisite of the embodiment of the present invention needs detecting system current battery charge; Be understandable that: the frequency of detecting is higher, and result is more accurate; But detecting frequency is higher, the burden of system is heavier, too increases system power consumption simultaneously.For this reason, the embodiment of the present invention have employed the technical scheme of Frequency detecting, further describes as follows.

Refer to Fig. 3, it illustrates according to an embodiment of the invention, be used for the procedure chart of the detecting frequency adjusting detecting system current electric quantity in Fig. 1.Its basic ideas are, when system current battery charge reaches a low electric-quantity monitoring value, improve the detecting frequency to system current battery charge, specifically: during beginning, the detecting frequency of initialization system current battery charge is lower frequency (as step S310); Then by this lower frequency surveillance system current battery charge (as step S320); Judge the low electric-quantity monitoring value (as step S330) whether system current battery charge reaches default again, the comparable low power threshold of this low electric-quantity monitoring value exceeds certain proportion, such as, be 30% ~ 40% of battery Full Charge Capacity; When system current battery charge is lower than this low electric-quantity monitoring value, the detecting frequency of initialization system current battery charge is higher frequency (being such as 2 ~ 3 times of initial value), and then system continues detecting system battery electric quantity according to this higher frequency.

In figure 3, owing to only paying close attention to the electric quantity change situation near battery " low battery state " (low state of charge), thus reduce the burden of systems stay detecting battery electric quantity, also reduce system power consumption further thus, this is conducive to further power saving undoubtedly.

In above embodiment, enter into the battery saving mode of user's expectation in system after, generally should reduce all renewal frequencies being activated application, be conducive to the power consumption reducing system further like this, realize power saving object better thus.

Being described in detail above to the battery power saving method of embodiment of the present invention portable type electronic product.On this basis, the present invention also correspondingly structure established a kind of battery power saving equipment (hereinafter referred to as equipment) of portable type electronic product, power saving object can be realized preferably, below be described in detail.

Conveniently, the battery power saving process in the present embodiment equipment, if any part not to the utmost, refers to the description content of method part above; Similarly, as related to equipment in preceding method part, the following description content about environment division can also be introduced.

Equipment 400 has electric-quantity monitoring device 410, and it is coupled on system battery electricity monitoring application program interface 500, can real-time detection system current battery charge.This electric-quantity monitoring device 410 is also connected to display 440, and the system current battery charge data exhibiting that electric-quantity monitoring device 410 is obtained is on display 440.Usually, system current battery charge data specifically can percentage, spacer-frame and/or estimate that the form such as up duration represents, very intuitively.

In addition, equipment 400 has low capacity prompt device 420, and it can judge that whether system current battery charge is lower than low electricity activation threshold value; When system current battery charge is lower than low electricity activation threshold value, low capacity prompt device 420 can send low capacity prompt signal, and user or Operation system setting battery saving mode can be pointed out accordingly to carry out power saving.Similarly, this low capacity prompt signal also can show on display 440, is convenient to user like this and initiatively arranges battery saving mode.

In addition, equipment 400 has battery saving mode simultaneously and arranges device 430, and it can according to low capacity prompt signal, and arrange the battery saving mode that user expects, this battery saving mode is preset in system, can match with battery use scenes.The set of these battery saving modes some operational factors relevant to system power consumption of association and/or on off state, by revising these operational factors or on off state, the power consumption of reduction system, can extend service time of battery, ensures the primary demand meeting user thus.Similarly, this battery saving mode arranges device 430 also can be connected to display 440, a battery saving mode can be represented thus on display 440 interface is set, make user can select above-mentioned preset battery saving mode easily like this, finally complete battery saving mode user being set and expecting.

In the present embodiment equipment 400, the set owner that battery saving mode arranges the operational factor relevant to system power consumption that device 430 relates to and/or on off state will comprise telephone state, short message state, GPS state, network state, screen intensity, screen time-out etc.Correspondingly, the battery saving mode that user expects comprises best battery saving mode, super long standby time pattern and limit battery saving mode, wherein: under best battery saving mode, the operational factor relevant to system power consumption and/or the set of on off state at least arrange telephone state for opening, short message state for opening, network state with user's acquiescence, GPS state for closing, screen intensity is that minimum, screen is overtime for the shortest; Under super long standby time pattern, the operational factor relevant to system power consumption and/or the set of on off state at least arrange telephone state for opening, short message state for opening, network state for closing, GPS state for closing, screen intensity is that minimum, screen is overtime for the shortest; Under limit battery saving mode, the operational factor relevant to system power consumption and/or the set of on off state at least arrange telephone state for closing, short message state for closing, network state for closing, GPS state for closing, screen intensity is that minimum, screen is overtime for the shortest.Like this, to be triggered to after battery saving mode arranges interface by low electricity at equipment 400, user can select a preset battery saving mode simply, operates very easy.

In the present embodiment equipment 400, it can be the battery saving mode that On/Off state arranges user's expectation by setting low electricity automatic power save switch that battery saving mode arranges device 430, wherein: be set to initiatively select battery saving mode when closing low electricity automatic power save switch, initiatively selecting under battery saving mode, revising the operational factor relevant to system power consumption and/or on off state by user according to situational context; Passive selection battery saving mode is set to when opening low electricity automatic power save switch, under passive selection battery saving mode, select best battery saving mode, super long standby time pattern or limit battery saving mode by user, afterwards by system according to the default amendment of the user-selected mould-fixed operational factor relevant to system power consumption and/or on off state.Here, giving tacit consent to low electricity automatic power save switch in equipment 400 is open; But it is closed condition that user can set low electricity automatic power save switch, accordingly can by the user's initiatively amendment operational factor relevant to system power consumption and/or on off state; Afterwards, low electricity automatic power save switch also can be reverted to opening by user.

As shown in Figure 4, electric-quantity monitoring device 410 is a vitals in equipment 400, and it has one and monitors module 411, and it, by being registered to system battery electricity monitoring application program interface 500, carrys out detecting system current battery charge.The basic process of this electric-quantity monitoring device 410 detecting system current battery charge is, the electric quantity change message that receiving system battery electric quantity monitoring application program interface provides, filter electric quantity change message afterwards, then gathering the electric quantity change message through filtering and computing system current battery charge, system battery electricity can be obtained efficiently and accurately thus.Especially, this electric-quantity monitoring device 410, when system current battery charge reaches a certain low electric-quantity monitoring value, can improve the detecting frequency to system current battery charge, and the detecting frequency namely near low electricity is greater than initial scout frequency, reduce system burden thus, reduce system power consumption further.

It should be noted that, the equipment 400 of the present embodiment is after system enters into the battery saving mode that user expects, can also reduce all renewal frequencies being activated application, so just can reduce system power consumption further, the lasting service time for extension device 400 is very favourable.

The said equipment 400 uses very easy, relates generally to following two aspects during operation:

1, when arranging battery saving mode, needing to arrange low power threshold is the charge value (as 15% of battery Full Charge Capacity) that user needs to point out, when system current battery charge just can trigger corresponding battery saving mode interface lower than during this threshold value, user just can certain preset battery saving mode in selective system easily thus;

2, concrete battery saving mode under the triggering of low electricity is set, when low electricity triggering is worked, user selects best battery saving mode, super long standby time pattern or limit battery saving mode, make system according to certain selected battery saving mode default revise corresponding system operational parameters or on off state, reduce battery consumption thus.

Above-mentioned battery power saving equipment can be applied particularly to Android operation system is installed in various mobile terminal, particularly main frame the portable type electronic product such as smart mobile phone, Intelligent flat computer, intelligent game computer, Intelligent navigator, intelligent remote controller, Intelligent set top box among.The main frame of these mobile terminals is battery-powered, after it passes through the battery power saving equipment of the above-mentioned portable type electronic product of installation, can ensure that user arranges correct battery saving mode in correct, really realize the object of battery power saving thus, thus effectively extend the lasting service time of battery, this is just conducive to the primary demand meeting user, and market prospects are had an optimistic view of.

Intrinsic not relevant to any certain computer, virtual system or miscellaneous equipment with display at this algorithm provided.Various general-purpose system also can with use based on together with this teaching.According to description above, the structure constructed required by this type systematic is apparent.In addition, the present invention is not also for any certain programmed language.It should be understood that and various programming language can be utilized to realize content of the present invention described here, and the description done language-specific is above to disclose preferred forms of the present invention.

In specification provided herein, describe a large amount of detail.But can understand, embodiments of the invention can be put into practice when not having these details.In some instances, be not shown specifically known method, structure and technology, so that not fuzzy understanding of this description.

Similarly, be to be understood that, in order to simplify the present invention and to help to understand in each inventive aspect one or more, in the description above to exemplary embodiment of the present invention, each feature of the present invention is grouped together in single embodiment, figure or the description to it sometimes.But, the method for the disclosure should be construed to the following intention of reflection: namely the present invention for required protection requires feature more more than the feature clearly recorded in each claim.Or rather, as claims below reflect, all features of disclosed single embodiment before inventive aspect is to be less than.Therefore, the claims following embodiment are incorporated to this embodiment thus clearly, and wherein each claim itself is as independent embodiment of the present invention.

Those skilled in the art are appreciated that and adaptively can change the module in the equipment in embodiment and they are arranged in one or more equipment different from this embodiment.Module in embodiment or unit or assembly can be combined into a module or unit or assembly, and multiple submodule or subelement or sub-component can be put them in addition.Except at least some in such feature and/or process or unit be mutually repel except, any combination can be adopted to combine all processes of all features disclosed in this specification (comprising adjoint claim, summary and accompanying drawing) and so disclosed any method or equipment or unit.Unless expressly stated otherwise, each feature disclosed in this specification (comprising adjoint claim, summary and accompanying drawing) can by providing identical, alternative features that is equivalent or similar object replaces.

In addition, those skilled in the art can understand, although to comprise in other embodiment some included feature instead of further feature in these some embodiments of being somebody's turn to do, the combination of the feature of different embodiment means and to be within scope of the present invention and to form different embodiments.Such as, in the following claims, the one of any of embodiment required for protection can use with arbitrary compound mode.

All parts embodiment of the present invention with hardware implementing, or can realize with the software module run on one or more processor, or realizes with their combination.It will be understood by those of skill in the art that and microprocessor or digital signal processor (DSP) can be used in practice to realize searching for the some or all functions of the some or all parts in the equipment of application according to the dialing interface that utilizes of the embodiment of the present invention.The present invention can also be embodied as part or all equipment for performing method as described herein or device program (such as, computer program and computer program).Realizing program of the present invention and can store on a computer-readable medium like this, or the form of one or more signal can be had.Such signal can be downloaded from internet website and obtain, or provides on carrier signal, or provides with any other form.

The present invention will be described instead of limit the invention to it should be noted above-described embodiment, and those skilled in the art can design alternative embodiment when not departing from the scope of claims.In the claims, any reference symbol between bracket should be configured to limitations on claims.Word " comprises " not to be got rid of existence and does not arrange element in the claims or step.Word "a" or "an" before being positioned at element is not got rid of and be there is multiple such element.The present invention can by means of including the hardware of some different elements and realizing by means of the computer of suitably programming.In the unit claim listing some devices, several in these devices can be carry out imbody by same hardware branch.Word first, second and third-class use do not represent any order.Can be title by these word explanations.

Gather the described electric quantity change message through filtering and computing system current battery charge;

When described system current battery charge is equal to or less than a low electricity activation threshold value, send a low capacity prompt signal; And

According to described low capacity prompt signal, the battery saving mode that user expects is set, the set of the described battery saving mode some operational factors relevant to system power consumption of association and/or on off state.

2. the method for claim 1, it is one or more that the set of the described operational factor relevant to system power consumption and/or on off state comprises in telephone state, short message state, GPS state, network state, screen intensity, screen time-out.

Under described best battery saving mode, the set of the described operational factor relevant to system power consumption and/or on off state at least arrange telephone state for opening, short message state for opening, network state with user's acquiescence, GPS state for closing, screen intensity be minimum, screen is overtime for the shortest;

Under described super long standby time pattern, the set of the described operational factor relevant to system power consumption and/or on off state at least arrange telephone state for opening, short message state for opening, network state for closing, GPS state for closing, screen intensity be minimum, screen is overtime for the shortest;

Under described limit battery saving mode, the set of the described operational factor relevant to system power consumption and/or on off state at least arrange telephone state for closing, short message state for closing, network state for closing, GPS state for closing, screen intensity be minimum, screen is overtime for the shortest.

4. method as claimed in claim 3, described according to described low capacity prompt signal, arranges in the step of the battery saving mode that user expects, is the battery saving mode that On/Off state arranges user's expectation by setting low electricity automatic power save switch, wherein:

Be set to initiatively select battery saving mode when closing described low electricity automatic power save switch, described initiatively select battery saving mode under, by user according to the situational context amendment operational factor relevant to system power consumption and/or on off state;

Passive selection battery saving mode is set to when opening described low electricity automatic power save switch, under described passive selection battery saving mode, select best battery saving mode, super long standby time pattern or limit battery saving mode by user, afterwards by system according to the default amendment of the user-selected mould-fixed operational factor relevant to system power consumption and/or on off state.

5. the method for claim 1, described according to described low capacity prompt signal, arrange in the step of the battery saving mode that user expects, described low electricity activation threshold value is set further.

6. the method for claim 1, described gather through filtration described electric quantity change message and in the step of computing system current battery charge, when described system current battery charge reaches a low electric-quantity monitoring value, improve the detecting frequency to described system current battery charge.

7. the method for claim 1, described system current battery charge is with percentage, spacer-frame and/or estimate that the form of up duration represents.

8. the method as described in any one of claim 1 ~ 7, system reduces all renewal frequencies being activated application after entering into the battery saving mode of user's expectation.

Electric-quantity monitoring device, is configured to the electric quantity change message that receiving system battery electric quantity monitoring application program interface provides; Filter described electric quantity change message; And gather through filtration described electric quantity change message and computing system current battery charge;

Low capacity prompt device, is configured to judge whether described system current battery charge is equal to or less than a low electricity activation threshold value, if so, sends a low capacity prompt signal; And

Battery saving mode arranges device, is configured to according to described low capacity prompt signal, arranges the battery saving mode that user expects, the set of the described battery saving mode some operational factors relevant to system power consumption of association and/or on off state.

10. equipment as claimed in claim 9, described battery saving mode arranges device and is configured to, and it is one or more that the set of the described operational factor relevant to system power consumption and/or on off state comprises in telephone state, short message state, GPS state, network state, screen intensity, screen time-out.

11. equipment as claimed in claim 10, described battery saving mode arranges device and is configured to, and the battery saving mode that described user expects comprises best battery saving mode, super long standby time pattern and limit battery saving mode, wherein:

Under described best battery saving mode, the set of the described operational factor relevant to system power consumption and/or on off state at least arrange telephone state for opening, short message state for opening, network state with user's acquiescence, GPS state for closing, screen intensity be minimum, screen is overtime for the shortest;

Under described super long standby time pattern, the set of the described operational factor relevant to system power consumption and/or on off state at least arrange telephone state for opening, short message state for opening, network state for closing, GPS state for closing, screen intensity be minimum, screen is overtime for the shortest;

Under described limit battery saving mode, the set of the described operational factor relevant to system power consumption and/or on off state at least arrange telephone state for closing, short message state for closing, network state for closing, GPS state for closing, screen intensity be minimum, screen is overtime for the shortest.

12. equipment as claimed in claim 11, described battery saving mode arranges device and is configured to, and is the battery saving mode that On/Off state arranges user's expectation by setting low electricity automatic power save switch, wherein:

Be set to initiatively select battery saving mode when closing described low electricity automatic power save switch, described initiatively select battery saving mode under, by user according to the situational context amendment operational factor relevant to system power consumption and/or on off state;

Passive selection battery saving mode is set to when opening described low electricity automatic power save switch, under described passive selection battery saving mode, select best battery saving mode, super long standby time pattern or limit battery saving mode by user, afterwards by system according to the default amendment of the user-selected mould-fixed operational factor relevant to system power consumption and/or on off state.

13. equipment as claimed in claim 9, described electric-quantity monitoring device is configured to, and when described system current battery charge reaches a low electric-quantity monitoring value, improves the detecting frequency to described system current battery charge.

14. equipment as claimed in claim 9, comprise display, are configured to show with percentage, spacer-frame and/or estimate that the form of up duration carries out the described system current battery charge represented.

15. equipment as described in any one of claim 9 ~ 14, system reduces all renewal frequencies being activated application after entering into the battery saving mode that user expects.

The mobile terminal of 16. 1 kinds of portable type electronic products, comprise main frame and the battery for described host supplying power, described main frame comprises the battery power saving equipment as described in any one of claim 9 ~ 15.

17. mobile terminals as claimed in claim 16, described main frame is one of the smart mobile phone, Intelligent flat computer, intelligent game computer, Intelligent navigator, intelligent remote controller, Intelligent set top box that are provided with Android operation system.